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Historian James Truslow Adams often receives credit for first popularizing the idea of the American dream.
Synopsis. African-American writer and poet Richard Wright was born on September 4, 1908, in Roxie, Mississippi, and published his first short story at the age of 16.Later, he found employment with the Federal Writers Project and received critical acclaim for Uncle Tom's Children, a collection of four stories.ead about writer and poet Richard Wright, author of the acclaimed works Black Boy and Native Son, at Biography.com. Read about writer and poet Richard Wright, author of the acclaimed works Black Boy and Native Son, at Biography.com.